American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... acid , from the action of which on alcohol it has originated , as the sulphuric , nitric , muriatic , or acetic ether . Sulphuric ether has been longest known . The following is the process by which it is prepared . Upon a quantity of ...
... acid , from the action of which on alcohol it has originated , as the sulphuric , nitric , muriatic , or acetic ether . Sulphuric ether has been longest known . The following is the process by which it is prepared . Upon a quantity of ...
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... muriatic acid , but it can with facility from the oxymuriatic ; it is like- wise formed with great rapidity by the nitric acid ; neither of which can exert a strong disposing affinity to water , though both very readily part with their ...
... muriatic acid , but it can with facility from the oxymuriatic ; it is like- wise formed with great rapidity by the nitric acid ; neither of which can exert a strong disposing affinity to water , though both very readily part with their ...
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... acid at the other , and thus brought them very gradually together , so to admit of their reciprocal action without ... Muriatic ether . Pelletier proposes the following process to form muriatic ether : place a retort in a sand - bath ...
... acid at the other , and thus brought them very gradually together , so to admit of their reciprocal action without ... Muriatic ether . Pelletier proposes the following process to form muriatic ether : place a retort in a sand - bath ...
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... Acids dissolve fibrin with considerable facility . Sulphuric acid gives it a deep brown colour ; charcoal is precipitated , and acetic acid formed . Muriatic acid dis- solves it , and forms with it a green - colour- ed jelly . The ...
... Acids dissolve fibrin with considerable facility . Sulphuric acid gives it a deep brown colour ; charcoal is precipitated , and acetic acid formed . Muriatic acid dis- solves it , and forms with it a green - colour- ed jelly . The ...
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... acid : for want , however , of any written document on the subject , we must content ourselves with a summary ... muriatic acid . It is heavier than com- mon air , and corrodes the skin . When water is admitted in contact with this gas ...
... acid : for want , however , of any written document on the subject , we must content ourselves with a summary ... muriatic acid . It is heavier than com- mon air , and corrodes the skin . When water is admitted in contact with this gas ...
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